This was originally built as a duplex home (#606 and #608), possibly in the mid-1800s. This duplex appears on the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of October 1899 (the first year for which the Sanborn Maps included this area of the city so it may have been built earlier).

#606: The north side of this home had several owners until it was bought in 1899 by George L. and Orphia Price, members of the Columbian Building Association. They sold it in 1903 to Emma V. Lovett who, presumably, lived here until 1924 when she sold it to Mary A. Mitchell (1863-1947). Mary was the wife of Robert O. Mitchell (1858-1931) who was the Sheriff of Harford County. When Mary died in 1947, she bequeathed it to her son, George N. Mitchell (1889-1955), stipulating that upon his death it should descend to his seven children.

When George Mitchell died his children sold the property to two of their siblings, Charles Jackson Mitchell and George Nelson Mitchell, Jr. (1912-1959) and their spouses. In 1955, however, Charles and Mildred Mitchell sold their rights to George N. Mitchell, Jr. and his wife, Lena Mitchell. George, Jr. died just four years later and in 1962 his widow, Lena, sold the north side of the duplex to Russell and Edith Levey. In July 1963, however, the Leveys moved to Florida and sold #606 with all its land to Harford Memorial Hospital (undoubtedly at the Hospital’s request). The property extended back to Lodge Lane; in 1965, the Hospital sold part of the land along with the house facing South Washington Street to William D. and Erma J. Tarbert, who already owned #608. This is the only time found that the Hospital bought a property, kept some land, and then put the house back on the market. The land kept by the Hospital is now a parking lot across from the Emergency Department of the Hospital.

#608: The south side of this duplex was owned by Thomas M. Sumption (1832-1897) in 1866, having bought it from Captain William W. Virdin (1803-1871). The Captain was well known in Baltimore and Havre de Grace as Captain of the 453-ton “Susquehanna,” with 1,200-person capacity, replaced in 1853 by the “Maryland.” Thomas Sumption was a Civil War Veteran and Postmaster of Havre de Grace from 1880 to 1890. He also was known as the “Ker O. Sene” correspondent for the Harford Democrat. Thomas and Rose Sumption raised two daughters here and after the death of Thomas Sumption in 1897, Rose purchased an additional property at 316 South Washington Street. This home descended through Rose F. Sumption to their two daughters, Mattie Baker Thomas and Sue W. Sumption. Mattie Baker Thomas and her husband, Maurice Thomas, sold this south side of the house to their sister, Sue Sumption, in 1932. By 1943, however, Sue was living in Florida and sold this side of this property to William D. Tarbert (1897-1978) and Erma Tarbert (1901-1987), who had two children.

#606-608: In 1985 the widowed Erma Tarbert, through her attorney, deeded both sides of this home to John H. “Jack” Tarbert (1926-1994) and his sister, Hilda Marie Tarbert Parsons. Jack Tarbert graduated from Havre de Grace High School in 1943 and Hilda graduated in 1955. In 1990, Jack and Hilda deeded both sides of the home to Jack (reserving a life estate) and after his death to John Michael Tarbert (his son). In 1999, John M. Tarbert sold both sides of this property to A & M Properties.

After a major renovation of the home, and converting it to a single family residence, A & M Properties sold this to Lois and Anthony Broshkevitch in 2002. Four years later, Lois and Anthony opened their home to the 2006 Annual Candlelight Tour. Upon entering the home, one was immediately drawn into the “greeting room,” originally the two living rooms. The “Chesapeake Room” with decoy carvings and the dining area of the large kitchen were joined together by a three-sided fireplace. Of note was a stretch table in the kitchen which was more than 100 years old. The two stairways to the second floor had carpet on one side and hardwood on the other, joining at a wide landing at the top. A guest room and granddaughter’s bedroom were at the front of the house and the master suite plus office were at the rear. A second floor porch was off the master bedroom and most of the flooring through the house was original hardwood.

In 2016, Lois and Anthony Broskevitch sold the home to James K. Boyd and Kimberly Johnson Boyd. During the Boyds ownership, they did a complete renovation of the formerly double home as a single family home (#608 South Washington Street), with an updated kitchen, a master suite with jetted tub and balcony, a detached 2-car garage, and a pergola over a 20-foot deck. In May 2022, the Boyds sold the home to Gregory Allen Teitelbaum and Brittany R. Powell, who continue to enjoy this historic home.

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Built 1880. 2528 sq ft, 2 stories with basement, 2.5 baths, detached garage, 9450 sq ft lot.